Coventry City get back to League One action tonight, looking to avoid a sixth straight defeat in the division when they take on high flying Sheffield United at the Ricoh Arena.

The Sky Blues face former player of the season John Fleck and one-time star striker Leon Clarke who return to haunt their former club in the televised fixture.

United are currently third in the table and looking to re-establish themselves back in the automatic promotion spots while City are desperate to halt their free-fall into the relegation zone and start clawing their way back out.

It's a tough task against such an in-form side but City have shown in recent weeks that they can and often do perform better against the top end sides, as they did against leaders Scunthorpe and fellow promotion hopefuls Bolton Wanderers in recent weeks , albeit losing out by the narrowest of margins in the end.

With Lee Burge still nursing a knock it looks as though Reice Charles-Cook will be required back in goal and that's not necessarily a bad thing with the young keeper hungry to re-establish himself back in the side.

Coventry City's Vladimir Gadzhev in action

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And with Jamie Sterry and Ryan Haynes ruled out with injury, three of the back four pretty much pick themselves with Jordans Willis and Turnbull at centre-half and Lewis Page left-back. Dion Kelly-Evans is available for selection but while I'm a big fan of the lad I'd pick a more experienced head to do battle with the Blades who are a horribly physical side, going with Andy Rose at right-back.

That leaves a gap in midfield alongside Gael Bigirimana - who needs to step up his game after a recent dip in form - and Chris McCann. And I'd fill that with Vlad Gadzhev who has all the experience to deal with such a difficult task tonight where the game will arguably won or lost in the midfield battleground where John Fleck, Paul Coutts and Mark Duffy have been operating so effectively for United.

Coventry City's Andre Wright battle for the ball

As for the front three, I'd probably stick with the three that started at Southend given that it was Andre Wright's best game in a City shirt and Dan Agyei has the physical presence that will be needed on the night, with Marvin Sordell making up the trio.

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